The disclosure concerns a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on an insulating layer; forming a gate insulating film on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film in such a manner that a compressive stress is applied to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and a tensile stress is applied to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface.
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9. A semiconductor device comprising:
an insulating layer;
a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on the insulating layer;
a gate insulating film provided on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and
a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, the gate electrode applying a compressive stress to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and applying a tensile stress to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface,
wherein the gate electrode is filled in a spacing between the first fins which are adjacent to each other in a section perpendicular to the side surface of the first fins, and
the gate electrode is not filled in a spacing between the second fins which are adjacent to each other in a section perpendicular to the side surface of the second fins and is formed to provide a gap.
5. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
forming a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on an insulating layer;
forming a gate insulating film on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and
forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film in such a manner that a compressive stress is applied to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and a tensile stress is applied to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface,
wherein a spacing between the second fins which are adjacent to each other is larger than between the first fins which are adjacent to each other, and
in the formation of the gate electrode, the gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film in a film thickness of not less than ½ of a spacing between the first fins which are adjacent to each other and less than ½ of a spacing between the second fins which are adjacent to each other.
1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising:
forming a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on an insulating layer;
forming a gate insulating film on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and
forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film in such a manner that a compressive stress is applied to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and a tensile stress is applied to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pmosfet among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface,
wherein the forming of the gate electrode comprises:
forming the gate electrode on the gate insulating film of the first fin in a film thickness of not less than ½ of a spacing between the first fins which are adjacent to each other,
removing the gate electrode in a region of the second fin, and
forming the gate electrode on the gate insulating film of the second fin in a film thickness of less than ½ of a spacing between the second fins which are adjacent to each other.
2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
a second gate electrode made of a contractive material is buried by a damascene process on the gate insulating film of the side surface of the second fin.
6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
7. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to
a second gate electrode made of a contractive material is buried by a damascene process on the gate insulating film of the side surface of the second fin.
10. The semiconductor device according to
11. The semiconductor device according to
12. The semiconductor device according to
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This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-022310, filed on Jan. 31, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
2. Related Art
In planar MOSFETS, stress induced carrier mobility enhancement techniques have been developed. On the other hand, FinFET (one of the double gate transistors) has been developed for CMOS scaling, low power operation and high performance.
However, non-planar device, such as FinFET or multiple-gate device, has different structure of the gate electrode and the channel region and channel orientation from those of planar MOSFET. Therefore, the method of applying stress effectively for carrier mobility enhancement is different from that of planar MOSFET. Furthermore, stress sensitivities of channel orientation for nMOSFET and pMOSFET are different from each other.
In planar CMOSFETs, technique of applying different direction of stress in fins of nMOSFET and pMOSFET from each other has been demonstrated to enhance carrier mobility of both nMOSFET and pMOSFET. For example, tensile SiN liner for nMOSFET and compressive SiN liner for pMOSFET have been used. This case, however, had the problem that the manufacturing process becomes complex, and the problem that the tensile and compressive stress can be canceled out in adjacent nMOSFET and pMOSFET. (see Scott E. Thompson et al. “In Search of “Forever”, Continued Transistor Scaling One New Material at a Time” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, VOL. 18, NO. 1, February 2005).
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises forming a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on an insulating layer; forming a gate insulating film on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film in such a manner that a compressive stress is applied to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and a tensile stress is applied to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface.
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises forming a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on an insulating layer; forming a gate insulating film on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; and forming a stress film in such a manner that a tensile stress is applied to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a current flow direction of the nMOSFET and a compressive stress is applied to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a current flow direction of the pMOSFET, the stress film being formed on side surfaces of the first fin, on side surfaces of the second fin and on side surfaces of the gate electrode.
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an insulating layer; a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on the insulating layer; a gate insulating film provided on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, the gate electrode applying a compressive stress to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and applying a tensile stress to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a pMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a direction perpendicular to the side surface.
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an insulating layer; a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material on the insulating layer; a gate insulating film provided on side surfaces of the plurality of fins; a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; and a stress film applying a tensile stress to a side surface of a first fin which is used in an nMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a current flow direction (direction parallel to current flow) of the nMOSFET and applying a compressive stress to a side surface of a second fin which is used in a PMOSFET among the plurality of fins in a current flow direction of the pMOSFET, the stress film on side surfaces of a source and a drain regions of the fins.
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of fins made of a semiconductor material; a gate insulating film formed on a side surface of each of the plurality of fins; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film; and a stress material buried between the fins and giving the same stress to the fins in the nMOSFET region and the pMOSFET region, whereby the mobility of both of the nMOSFET and the pMOSFET is enhanced by the stress from the stress material.
Embodiments related to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. These embodiments do not limit the present invention. In the embodiments which will be given below, materials which give stresses to the surrounding by its contraction is called “contractive materials” and materials which give stresses to the surrounding by its expansion is called “expansive materials”. “Contractive material” is, usually, called “compressive stressor” and “expansive material” is, usually, called “tensile stressor” However, compressive stress liner sometime gives tensile stress as mentioned below. For example, when the contractive material is filled between elements, the elements receive tensile stress toward the contractive material by its contraction. In order to avoid confusions, the words “contractive material” and “expansive material” are used herein after.
A gate insulating film and a gate electrode (not shown in
Hereinafter, a plane to which the stress S1 is applied is regarded as the side surface, the plane to which the stress S2 is applied is regarded as the front surface, and a (100) plane to which the stress S3 is applied is regarded as the top surface. A region between a source (S) and a drain (D) through which a current flows is called the channel region.
The arrows in
Each of the fins of
In the nMOSFET of
In contrast to this, in the pMOSFET of
Each of the fins of
Each of the fins of
In the nMOSFET of
In contrast to this, in the pMOSFET of
On the basis of the above-described relationship between stress and carrier mobility, embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in the embodiments of the present invention, an insulating film and multiple fins which are formed on the surface of the insulating film and made of a semiconductor material are readily obtained by using an SOI (silicon on insulator) wafer. However, as it is necessary only that devices adjacent to each other are electrically insulated during the operation of the devices, it is also possible to use a bulk substrate. In this case, as an embodiment corresponding to
As shown in
In this embodiment, an SOI (silicon on insulator) substrate may also be used. In this case, it is possible to use a BOX (buried oxide) layer of the SOI substrate as the insulating later 10 and to form the first and second fins 11, 12 by processing the SOI layer.
The cap film 20 is made of, for example, a silicon nitride film and provided on top surfaces of the first and second fins 11, 12. The cap film 20 is used as a hard mask when the first and second fins 11, 12 are formed. The cap film 20 is also used as a protective film which protects the top surfaces of the first and second fins 11, 12.
The gate insulating film 25 is formed on side surfaces (the crystal plane with a (100) orientation) of the first and second fins 11, 12. The gate insulating film 25 is, for example, a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film and/or HfSiON.
The first gate electrode 31 is formed on the gate insulating film 25. Furthermore, the first gate electrode 31 is formed so as to be filled between first electrodes 11 which are adjacent to each other in a section perpendicular to the side surface of the first fin 11 (the crystal plane with a (100) orientation).
The second gate electrode 32 is also formed on the gate insulating film 25. However, the second gate electrode 32 is not filled between second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other in a section perpendicular to the side surface of the second fins 12 (the plane with a (100) orientation) and is formed to provide a gap. In other words, the film thickness of the second gate electrode 32 is less than ½ of the spacing between second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other. The first gate electrode 31 and the second gate electrode 32 are made of the same material which is, for example, metal silicides, such as nickel silicide, hafnium silicide, platinum silicide and erbium silicide. Incidentally, in order to obtain thermal stability in the manufacturing process, this metal suicide may contain oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and the like. To improve the reliability of the gate insulating film, this metal silicide may contain fluorine, chlorine, hydrogen and the like. To control the threshold voltage of a transistor, this metal silicide may contain germanium, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or the like. Furthermore, to apply stresses much more, this metal silicide may contain zirconium or tungsten.
As shown in
Metal suicides themselves, such as nickel silicide, are expansive materials. Therefore, the first gate electrode 31 of the nMOSFET expands between the first fins 11 which are adjacent to each other. As a result of this, the first gate electrode 31 compresses the side surfaces of the first fin 11 from a direction perpendicular to the side surfaces as indicated by the arrows A1 of
In the case of the PMOSFET, although the second gate electrode 32 covers the side surfaces and top surface of the second fin 12, it covers these surfaces in a thin film condition. Therefore, the gate electrode 32 is not filled between the second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other and a gap is present. As a result of this, stresses acting on each other between the second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other are small. That is, the stress S3 in the pMOSFET is weaker than the stress S3 in the nMOSFET. Again, the gate electrode 32 is an expansive material (tensile stressor). Therefore, the second gate electrode 32 tenses the side surfaces of the second fin 12 in a direction perpendicular to the side surfaces (in the direction of the stress S1) as indicated by the arrows A2 of
As described above, in this embodiment, the first gate electrode 31 and the second electrode 32, which are made of the same material, compress the side surfaces of the first fin 11 and tense the side surfaces of the second fin 12, respectively. As will be seen from
The FinFET is advantageous in the following points. The FinFET has a double gate structure in which the gate electrode is provided on the two side surfaces of the fin. As a result of this, the FinFET suppresses the short channel effect and enables a leakage current due to a punch-through between the source and the drain to be reduced. Also, because transverse electric field (perpendicular to the channel region) is smaller than that of planar, it is possible to improve mobility. Furthermore, because an off-leakage current can be reduced, it is possible to heighten the fin or increase the number of fins accordingly. As a result of this, the drive currents of a CMOS can be improved.
Next, a method of manufacturing a FinFET of this embodiment will be described below.
Next, a silicon nitride film is deposited on the SOI layer in a thickness of about 70 nm. The silicon nitride film can be formed, for example, by the thermal CVD process in an atmosphere containing dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2) and ammonia (NH3) at an atmospheric pressure of 1 torr and at 800° C. The SOI layer is etched by RIE by use of the silicon nitride film as a hard mask after patterning the silicon nitride film. As a result of this, as shown in
Next, a gate insulating film 25 is formed on side surfaces of the first and second fins 11 and 12. The gate insulating film 25 is, for example, a silicon oxide film having a film thickness of, for example, about 2 nm. This silicon oxide film is formed by, for example, oxidation in a mixed atmosphere of O2 and H2 at an atmospheric pressure of 10 torrs at 1,000° C. and for 15 minutes. Thus, the gate insulating film 25 may be a silicon oxide film which is formed by the thermal oxidation of the first and second fins 11 and 12. Alternatively, the gate insulating film 25 may also be a high-dielectric-constant film, such as hafnium silicate and the like deposited on the side surfaces of the first and second fins 11 and 12. Subsequently, a polysilicon film 60 is deposited in a thickness of about 300 nm as a gate electrode material. The polysilicon film 60 is deposited, for example, in a mixed atmosphere of SiH4, N2 and H2 at an atmospheric pressure of 1 torr and at 620° C.
Next, the polysilicon film 60 is planarized by CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) and, as shown in
When the polysilicon films 60 and 61 are exposed to the oxygen in the air, a silicon oxide film may sometimes be formed between the polysilicon films 60 and 61. There is a fear that this silicon oxide film may prevent the diffusion of a dopant for gate electrode which has been ion implanted from above the polysilicon films 61. Therefore, in the film deposition process of the polysilicon film 61, it is preferable that after annealing in an H2 atmosphere at an atmospheric pressure of 10 torrs at 800° C. and for about 1 minute, the polysilicon film 61 is formed following the annealing without being exposed to the atmospheric air. In this annealing, treatment may be performed not only in an H2 atmosphere, but also in an HCl atmosphere at an atmospheric pressure of 10 torrs at 750° C. and for about 1 minute. Alternatively, in this annealing, treatment may be performed in an N2 atmosphere at an atmospheric pressure of 1 torr and at 900° C. for about 10 minutes. Furthermore, it is possible to use a mixed atmosphere of H2 and HCl, a BCl3 atmosphere, NF3 atmosphere and the like.
Next, a silicon nitride film 70 for hard mask is deposited on the polysilicon film 61 in a thickness of about 100 nm. As shown in
After that, a TEOS film (an SiO2 layer formed by using TEOS (Si(OC2H5)4)) as a material for a gate sidewall film is deposited. By etching back this TEOS film, a gate sidewall film 80 is formed as shown in
Next, the source-drain region of the fin 11 and 12 is silicided. As the material for the siliciding of the source-drain region, erbium (Er) can be used for the nMOSFET and platinum (Pt) can be used for the pMOSFET. As a result of this, the source-drain region of the nMOSFET becomes ErSi and the source-drain region of the pMOSFET becomes PtSi. At this time, the gate electrode material 62 is not silicided because the gate electrode material 62 is coated with the silicon nitride film 70 and the gate side wall film 80.
Before the silicidation of the source-drain region, impurities may be introduced in the source-drain region. However, when a source-drain region structure of a Schottky junction is formed, it is unnecessary to introduce impurities in the source-drain region.
Next, for example, an interlayer dielectric film 90 made of a TEOS film is deposited in a thickness of about 400 nm. Subsequently, this interlayer dielectric film 90 is planarized by CMP, whereby the surface of the gate electrode material 62 is exposed. At this time, CMP may be stopped before the surface of the gate electrode material 62 is exposed. When the TEOS film remains on the protective film 70, etching is performed by RIE until the top surface of the protective film 70 is exposed. Next, the protective film 70 is removed by using a hot phosphoric acid solution. In this way, the top surface of the gate electrode material 62 is exposed. The structure obtained at this time is shown in
The manufacturing steps after the step shown in
In
After the removal of the photoresist 181, as shown in
Next, as shown in
Polysilicon expands when it is silicided. Therefore, as described above, the first gate electrode 31 gives a compressive stress to side surfaces of the first fin 11. The second gate electrode 32 gives a tensile stress to side surfaces of the second fin 12.
After that, an interlayer insulating film, contacts, interconnections and the like are formed by using known methods, whereby a FinFET is completed.
According to the manufacturing method of this embodiment, the silicidation step for the source-drain region and the silicidation step for the gate electrodes can be separately provided. For this reason, it is possible to suppress an excessive increase in the film thickness of the silicide in the source-drain region. This leads to a suppression of off-leakage.
Because fully-silicided gate electrode technology is used in the manufacturing method of the present invention, gate electrodes can be relatively easily formed compared to a case where metal electrodes such as TiN are used.
In this embodiment, it is also possible to use a <110> notch wafer. In this case, in order to use (100) side surface of the first and second fins 11 and 12 as channel surface, the layout design of the fins is twisted through 45 degrees with respect to an orientation flat in a plane parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
Therefore, as shown in
By making the spacing between the second fins 212 larger than the spacing between the first fins 11, it is possible to form a first gate electrode 31 which fills the spacing between the first fins 11 and a second gate electrode 32 which does not fill the spacing between the second fins 212 in same process step.
A method of manufacturing a FinFET in the second embodiment will be described below. First, the structure shown in
The film thickness of the gate electrode material 62b is not less than ½ of the spacing between the first fins 11 which are adjacent to each other and less than ½ of the spacing between the second fins 212 which are adjacent to each other. The excess gate electrode material deposited outside the trench on the TEOS is removed by CMP, lithography and RIE. In this embodiment, the gate electrodes 62a and 62b can be simultaneously formed.
Next, as shown in
In the second embodiment, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the first gate electrode 31 gives a compressive stress to side surfaces of the first fin. The second gate electrode 32 gives a tensile stress to side surfaces of the second fin. Therefore, the second embodiment has effects similar to those of the first embodiment.
Additionally, in the second embodiment, the spacing between the second fins 212 is wider than the spacing between the first fins 11. Therefore, by depositing the gate electrode material 62b having a thickness which is not less than ½ of the spacing between the first fins 11 and less than ½ of the spacing between the second fins 212, it is possible to fill the spacing between the first fins 11 with the gate electrode material 62b, and at the same time, it is possible to cause a gap to remain without filling the spacing between the second fins 212 with the gate electrode material. That is, unlike the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, it is unnecessary to remove the gate electrode material 62b in the PMOSFET region and then deposit the gate electrode material 63 again. Accordingly, in the second embodiment, a FinFET can be manufactured easily and in a shorter time than in the first embodiment.
The modification of the first embodiment is applicable also to the second embodiment.
The first gate electrode 362 is made of, for example, nickel silicide and the like. The second gate electrode 363 is made of, for example, titanium nitride, tungsten, TiSi2 and the like.
A method of manufacturing a FinFET in the third embodiment will be described below. First, the structure shown in
Next, the polysilicon 62 in the PMOSFET region is removed. As a result of this, a gate trench is formed in the PMOSFET region. Next, after the formation of a gate insulating film on side surfaces within the gate trench, the material for the second gate electrode 363 is filled in this gate trench. Subsequently, the material for the second gate electrode 363 is planarized by using CMP. As a result of this, the material for the second gate electrode 363 is buried in the gate trench in the PMOSFET region. By using the damascene process like this, the first gate electrode 362 and the second gate electrode 363 can be formed from different kinds of metals or silicides.
Because nickel silicide which is the material for the first gate electrode 362 is an expansive material, the nickel silicide applies a compressive stress to the side surfaces (100) of the first fin 11. On the other hand, because titanium nitride, tungsten and TiSi2, which are the materials for the second gate electrode 363, are contractive materials, they apply a tensile stress to the side surfaces (100) of the second fin. Therefore, the third embodiment has effects similar to those of the first embodiment.
Moreover, because the damascene process is used in the third embodiment, not only silicides but also pure metals are available to the gate electrodes.
It is also possible to use the third embodiment in combination with the second embodiment. In this case, the third embodiment has also the effects of the second embodiments. Also, it is possible to apply the modification of the first embodiment to the third embodiment. In this case, the third embodiment has also the effects of this embodiment.
The first and second fins 11 and 12 are not seen in the
As shown in
The first stress film 411 is filled between first fins 11 which are adjacent to each other. On the other hand, the second stress film 412 is not filled between first fins 12 which are adjacent to each other, and is provided in thin film form on the side surfaces of the second fin 12. Therefore, there is a gap between the second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other.
As shown in the plan view of
As can be seen by referring to the plan view of
As shown in
As described above, although the first stress film 411 and the second stress film 412 are made of the same material, because of their difference in film thickness, the first stress film 411 and the second stress film 412 apply different stresses respectively to the first and second fins 11 and 12. As a result of this, in the fourth embodiment, it is possible to improve the carrier mobility of both the nMOSFET and the pMOSFET.
By combining the fourth embodiment and any of the first to third embodiments, it is possible to further improve the carrier mobility.
A method of manufacturing a FinFET in the fourth embodiment will be described. First, the structure shown in
As shown in
Compared to the thermal CVD process, a silicon nitride film can be deposited anisotropically by the HDP-CVD process. For example, in the HDP-CVD process, it is possible to deposit a relatively thin silicon nitride film on a surface perpendicular to a semiconductor substrate such as on side surfaces of a gate electrode and to deposit a relatively thick silicon nitride film on a surface parallel to the semiconductor substrate. For example, in the HDP-CVD process, it is possible to deposit a silicon nitride film having a film thickness of not more than 10 nm on a surface perpendicular to a semiconductor substrate and to deposit a silicon nitride film of 60 nm on a surface parallel to the semiconductor substrate.
Next, the silicon nitride film 410 is etched back by about 10 nm by using a hot phosphoric acid solution. After the silicon nitride film 410 deposited on the surface perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate is removed, as shown in
The etching rate of the plasma nitride by the hot phosphoric acid solution is about 5 to 15 times faster than that of the silicon nitride film formed by the thermal CVD process. Therefore, it is possible to remove only the silicon nitride film 410 while remaining a cap film 20 and a protective film 70.
Next, the semiconductor substrate is annealed in a nitrogen atmosphere at 700° C. for 30 seconds. This process stabilizes the film quality of the silicon nitride film (plasma nitride).
Next, a silicon oxide film 420 is deposited in a thickness of about 30 nm. For example, the silicon oxide film 420 can be deposited in an atmosphere of TEOS (Si(OC2H5)4) at an atmospheric pressure of 1 torr and at a temperature of 600° C. by using the thermal CVD process. In order to ensure that a second stress film 412 formed by the silicon nitride film 410 gives a sufficient stress to the channel region, it is preferable that the film thickness of the silicon nitride film 420 is not less than 5 nm. In order to prevent FETs which are adjacent to each other from having an effect on each other, it is preferable that the film thickness in the spacing between fins and film thickness in the spacing between gates adjoining each other are not more than 60 nm.
The silicon oxide film 420 may be deposited by using other organic precursors, halides and hydrides in place of the above-described TEOS. BTBAS (SiH2[N{C(CH3)3}2]) and TDMAS (Si[N(CH3)2]2) may be used as organic materials. SiH2Cl21 SiCl4, Si2Cl6 and SiF4 may be used as halogen materials. SiH4 may be used as a hydrogen compound material. As the atmosphere, a simple gas or a mixed gas selected from O2, H2O, N2O and the like may be appropriately used according to the raw material or deposition temperature.
The silicon oxide film 420 may also be deposited by the ALD (atomic layer deposition) process by using TEOS and H2O.
Next, the silicon oxide film 420 is etched back by the RIE process. At this time, as shown in
Next, the nMOSFET region is covered with a photoresist 430 by the lithography process. Subsequently, as shown in
The structure shown in
By the etching of the silicon oxide film 420, an insulating layer of the pMOSFET region is etched, for example, by 30 nm. As a result of this, the structure shown in
Next, a cap film 20 is removed. Ion implantation is preformed on source-drain region. Then, a suicide is formed on the source-drain region. After that, an interlayer dielectric film, interconnections and the like are formed by the same steps as in the first embodiment, whereby a FinFET is completed.
In the nMOSFET, the first stress film 411 is filled between the first fins 11 which are adjacent to each other and, therefore, the first stress film 411 stretches the first fins 11 in the channel length direction. On the other hand, in the pMOSFET, the second stress film 412 is formed in a film thickness which is less than ½ of the spacing between the second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other and is not filled between the second fins 12. Therefore, the second stress film 412 compresses the second fins 12 in the channel length direction. As a result of this, it is possible to improve the carrier mobility of both of the nMOSFET and the pMOSFET.
In the fourth embodiment, the first stress film 411 and the second stress film 412 are made of the same material. This enables the above-described conventional problems to be solved.
Incidentally, as shown in
In this modification, an expansive plasma nitride is adopted as the silicon nitride film 410. In this case, it is necessary only that the structure of the nMOSFET in the fourth embodiment is used in the pMOSFET and that the structure of the PMOSFET is used in the nMOSFET. That is, in the nMOSFET, the first stress film 411 is not filled between the first fins 11 which are adjacent to each other. As a result of this, the first stress film 411 stretches the first fins 11 in the length direction of the channel. In the pMOSFET, the second stress film 412 is filled between the second fins 12 which are adjacent to each other. As a result of this, the second stress film 412 compresses the second fins 12 in the length direction of the channel.
This modification has effects similar to those of the fourth embodiment.
Yagishita, Atsushi, Kaneko, Akio, Inaba, Satoshi
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